Our service occasionally produces booklets or information sheets covering a subject which we think prisoners would benefit from. Please see below those that are currently available.
Information sheet for women in prison for the first time (October 2017)
This information sheet contains information for women who think they may be going to prison. It covers what happens after court and when you arrive at prison and includes a checklist of things to prepare you. It may also be helpful to families, employers and people working with women in prison.
You can download this information sheet
here
Extended sentences information sheet (Oct 2017)
This information sheet contains some information for people who have been convicted of some type of extended sentence - such as an Extended Determinate Sentence (EDS) or an Extended Sentence for Public Protection (EPP).
You can download this information sheet
here
Information book for prisoners with a disability (Feb 2017)
This booklet contains information for people with a disability in prison.
You can download this booklet
here
Information sheet for people maintaining innocence in prison (Jan 2018)
This information sheet contains some information for people maintaining innocence in prison.
You can download this information sheet
here
Information booklet for people on licence for a sex offence (Oct 2017)
This booklet contains information for people convicted of a sex offence on release from prison. It may also be helpful to families, employers and people working with those convicted of a sex offence.
You can download this booklet here
Human Rights booklet for prisoners (July 2014)
PRT has produced a human rights booklet for prisoners which explains your rights as a prisoner under the Human Rights Act. The booklet also provides information about cases which are important in a prison context, information about prison rules and guidance and information about where you can go for help and advice if you feel that you have not been able to access your rights.
You can download this booklet here
Information Sheet for Immigration Detainees in Prison (May 2013)
This information sheet was produced in 2013 in collaboration with the Detention Advice Service (DAS). It has information about your rights if you are being kept in prison by the immigration authorities. DAS have sadly closed since the production of this information sheet but the information is still relevant.
You can download this information sheet here
Sentence Planning (December 2012)
This is an information sheet produced in 2012 following guidance introduced about sentence planning. It includes some information regarding offender behaviour programmes.
You can download this information sheet here
IPP Information Booklet (December 2008)
This booklet for IPP prisoners provides information on what the sentence is and how the sentence works. It was produced in December 2008 before changes were made by the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 but much of it is still relevant and useful to those who received the IPP sentence before this. Below is also an update produced in December 2012 to cover the changes introduced by the LASPO Act 2012.
You can download this booklet here
Here is the update
Male prisoners and young offenders
PRT can supply individual copies free of charge to people with a relative or friend in prison, or people working in prison.
The Prisoners' Information Book for Male Prisoners and Young Offenders is translated into 27 languages:
Information Book for Prisoners with a Disability (full version)
This information book explains where to go for assistance if you are in prison and have disabilities. It also gives information on your rights whilst inside.
Information Book for Prisoners with a Disability (easy read version)
It is also translated into 27 languages:
Each prison should have three copies of each book in its library.
PRISON RULES: A Working Guide (The Millenium Edition)
This book is a comprehensive guide to the rules and regulations by which our prisons are run. Each prison rule is cited in full with the relevant Prison Service orders and Prison Service instructions.
The book quotes extensively from the case-law on prisoners' rights and entitlements. It also draws upon reports from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and successive official reports and inquiries.
Please be aware that this publication is now 10 years old and some information will be out of date.
Publications in EASY READ
Notice of Rights and Entitlements
Licence Rules 2013